Quilt tops and finishes

I trawled through a lot of blurry photos to find a few clear enough to share of the sewing from this year.  This is the year in which we've been sheltering from the pandemic, the highlight of which was more sewing time.  

The first is a quilt made from left-over 3/4-inch and 1-inch solid strips from a previous quilt.   Initially, the pieces were joined randomly into two long bundles.  The whites are all white-on-white fabrics.  Made the 25 log-cabin blocks, not all exactly the same size, so fudged the final layout with the remaining coloured strips. The backing a grey soft brushed cotton.  About 50-inches square-ish.  Gifted to a colleague for his new-born son.

 After many years of occasional construction, my now named "Covid-19" is complete.  The units started as hexagons, and then morphed into heptagons, and then octogons.  Quite a challenge to assemble!  I see this was taken before the binding stitched down!  About 65-inch in length and width.

 

I have been working on using up orphan blocks for donation quilts.  I don't have many of each block, so filled in with some of the many 2-1/2-inch strips waiting to be used.  Finished size about 51-inch by 71-inch (our go-to size for a local childrens's home)

 

 

 

The South African Quilters' Guild asked the local teachers to make a 10-inch square mini quilt, the theme of which was Hands Up,and based on one's own hand outline.  All of them will be part of a travelling exhibition.  This is my improv piece, entitled "Using My Hand"

 

 

 

No title, but based on New York Beauty blocks, started in a class in 2018.  Destined for a wall in my new house (whenever we actually get there!)  33-inches x 43-inches.

And some tops.  

The centre from a big 2020-year-long mystery.   I really love the centre, but didn't love the rest, which have been made into 2 smaller, almost complete, tops.

Postage stamp colour-wash quilt.  For the past 18-months or so, made various sized postage stamp blocks with three different shades of the RSC colour, from 1-1/2-inch cut squares.  The bigger blocks are waiting to be sewn together, but this was mostly from the smaller blocks.  Some adjustments to blocks was needed to get it to all fit.   Love this one!

Happy New Year to everyone!